Kate Greenway was very fond of flowers, and they always occupied a special place in her paintings. The artist very accurately and realistically, and at the same time figuratively, depicted a variety of flowers, and also often used them as a decorative motif. Several Greenaway books have been dedicated to flowers, including "Marigold Garden", the second collection of her own poems. The decorativeness of beautiful flowering plants remains in the books of Greenway in a special artistic way....

Kate Greenway is an artist, writer, one of the most famous British illustrators of children's books. The first publication dates back to 1868, when the greeting cards she painted were out of print. The first illustrated book by Kate Greenway is a collection of her own children's poems, “Under the Window.” In 1881, a book of English folk poetry by Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes was published with Greenway illustrations that have become classic. In the illustrations of Greenway, children and adults are most often dressed in stylized costumes of the late XVIII - early XIX centuries....